Lighting device.



NAO. 634,004. Patented Oct. 3, |899.

J. H. KENDLE.

LIGHTING DEVICE.

\Applieaton med lay l10 1899.) (llo Nudel.)

.UNITED '.S'rrrrns j PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN HENRY KENDLE, OF BOGNOR, ENGLAND.

SPECIFICATION fprmng part of Letters Patent No. 684,004, dated October 3, 18'99.

Y Application filed May l0, 1h99. Serial No. '716,211.8` (No model.)

/ a subject of the Qu een of Great Britain, resid-` ing at Bognor, in the county of Sussex,- England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Lighting Devices, of which the following is a full and complete specification, such as will enableY those skilled in the art to which it appertains to 'make and usev the same.

This invention relates to lighting devices, and particularly to that class of such devices employing a fuse and designed to hold` matches; and the object thereof is to provide an improved device of this class which may be conveniently7 carried inthe pocket and used for lighting a cigarette, pipe, or cigar, and forother and similar purposes whenever desired.

' The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, of which the accompanying drawings form a part, in which- Figure l is a plan. view of my improved lighting device; Fig. 2, an end view thereof; Fig. 3, a section on the line 3 8 of Fig. l; and Fig. 4, a view similar to Fig. 2, showing a modified form of construction.

In the drawings forming part of this speciication the separate parts of my improvement are designated by the same letters of reference in each of the views, and in the practice of my invention I provide a box or casing A, which is preferably oblong in formV and provided with a hinged cover B, and said box or casing is also provided with a transverse partition C, whereby two separate compartments D and E are formed. Y The compartment-E is designed to, serve a a receptacle for matches, and mounted in the compartment D is a shaft F, which is provided with a handle G, which projects from the side of the box or casing and by which' the shaft may be turned, and Wound on saidV in practice a match is taken from the com partment Eland ignited, and the fuse II is lighted, and after it has been usedfor the desired purpose the flame is extinguished by folding said end of the fuse up over the top of the box or casing and placing it beneath a flexible extinguisher M, which is secured to the top of the box or casing at N.

In order to extinguish the lighted fuse, the flexible extinguisher M is passed downwardly thereon, and after the said fuse is extinguished the end thereof is passed backwardly into the box or casing through the openingv L, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, the 0bject of this operation being to prevent soiling the pocket or other articles by the extinguished end of the fuse.

In Fig, et I have shown a modification lin which I substitute for the circular openingL y a notch or recess O, which opens upwardly when the hinged lid or cover BJ is raised, and with this form of construction the end of the fuse may be placed in said notch or recess and the lid closed thereover. This form of construction is more convenient than that shown in Fig. 2; but either form maybe employed, as desired. The fusel H is easy to ignite, and when once ignited will burn in a strong wind, and in practice I also form on some part of the device a serrated surface, on which a match may be ignited, and this serrated surface in the construction herein described is shown at P on the cover B.

Having fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentel. A lighting device, comprising a Abox or fshown and described.

A device of the class described, comprising a box or casing having a transverse partition forming two compartments, a shaft mounted in one ofsaid compartments, afuse wound thereon, said box or casing being also 1o and means whereby the end of the fuse may be passed through the end of the box or casing, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name, in presence of the subscribing witnesses, this 20th 1 5 day of April, 1899.

JOHN HENRY KENDLE.

\Vitnesses: y

DUnLExr CAELETON CoLoLoUcu, A CLIFFORD JAMES WHEELER lIosKEN. 

